[arg_discuss] What's the G stand for?

[D B Wall]

or you could twist it around and call it a sport. :) 


On Wednesday, October 03, 2007, at 06:43PM, "Hugh Davies" <marcus.helm at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just got up and read this thread and felt i had to chip in. But mind mind

>hasnt hit speed yet and im having trouble forming what im trying to say.

>Rest assured im pretty sure I know what i mean.

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>I also feel that "Game" in ARG refers more to the interaction between

>participants and PM's than the individual tasks. Otherwise ARG's are just

>recontextualised  puzzles. But I also feel that  the term "Alternate

>Reality" can be interpreted as a game - a game being an sandbox world

>similar to but different to reality and with its own rules.

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>In this way, the term ARG might be though of as a Game Game or a game within

>a game.

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>But i still prefer the term ARG to ARI (interaction) or Game game.

>hugh

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>On 10/4/07, Andrea Phillips <andrhia at gmail.com> wrote:

>>

>> On 10/3/07, John Evans <btradish at earthlink.net> wrote:

>> > >The use of the term "game" in ARG also implies there needs to be some

>> kind

>> > >of puzzle to solve. Doesn't it? Or is the word "game" meant imply

>> > >interaction between the players and designers?

>> >

>> > I would say the latter. I think it would be cool if there was an ARG

>> > featuring just character interaction instead of puzzles. That would skew

>> it

>> > more towards roleplaying than current ARGs are. (Would that make it not

>> an

>> > ARG? I keep thinking of the story that I Love Bees "didn't have puzzles

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>> I'm inclined to say the game part means, not a puzzle or a mystery to

>> solve, but an action to perform. That action might be guessing a

>> password or finding a new website, or assembling a narrative, or

>> answering a payphone; what the action is doesn't matter, just that

>> there is an action. The audience isn't hanging around passively for

>> the next chapter or act.

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>> Inter-ACTION! See?!

>>

>> ...Sorry, it's been a long day and I have blisters on my feet. I'll go

>> back to making pasta sauce now...

>>

>> --

>> Andrea Phillips

>> andrhia at gmail.com

>> http://www.deusexmachinatio.com

>> Words * Marketing * Interaction

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